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Use A Golf Instruction Video Properly For Maximum Benefit

Have you ever though of using a golf instruction video to improve your golf game? Perhaps you have already tried one and decided it was not for you. Well, listen up. Some golf videos are good and some are bad, but even the good ones might not help you if you don't use them properly.

Golf Instruction Video Is Not A Cure-All

Don't get caught up in the hype. Just as every golfer is different, so are their problems. Look upon a golf instruction video as a guide, not a cure-all. Many golfers make that mistake and give up without getting any benefit, so here is how to use your golf video or DVD to get maximum value and improvement in your golf game.

No Magic Formula to Improve Your Golf Game

1. It's not a magic formula. A golf instruction video will not magically transform your game. However, you will find possibilities if you look hard enough, and even one small tip which makes you play better will make the time spent very worthwhile indeed. Play it back several times till you know everything it is telling you. Miss nothing.

Compare Yourself With The Video to Achieve Success

2. Remember that it is a instruction for golf video - a visual presentation of how to improve your golf. So compare the visual examples provided with what you do yourself. Get someone to film you, preferably with a webcam so you can play your swing, or putt, or whatever, side by side with the lesson. Compare posture and stance, backswing and follow through, and instantly spot the differences; spot where you may be going wrong, and allow you to work on improvement right there and then!

Fitness For Golf Is Important

3. In order to get the maximum benefit from your video, your body must be fit for golf. Not just fit, but fit for golf. Golf-specific exercises will work the muscles you use for golf, and stretch the joints and muscles required for the unnatural rotation of the swing.

You must be able to command your body to do what you want it to do - to mirror what you are seeing in your golf instruction video. Get started on a golf-specific exercise program and you will be able to get full advantage of this new video (DVD).

Mike Pedersen
Golf Performance Professional